BangZoom Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 Here's the interesting discussion in a 1940's zine on early comics that included Derleth. This was originally posted by Bob Beerbohm a few years ago: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=15&Number=1834967&Searchpage=1&Main=102852&Words=derleth&topic=0&Search=true#Post1834967 That looks like a fascinating thread. I'm too tired to tackle it tonight but I'm looking forward to reading it tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 He did quite of few of these anthologies around this time. There were two others illustrated with Coye's scratchboard work: Who Knocks? (1946) and The Night Side (1947). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 OO thread does look interesting- a little intimidating- but saw on first page Derleth looking for info on Dwig - must've found some as he later got him to illustrate the Whippoorwill book BZ posted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 I've been reading lots of Donald Duck stories by Carl Barks of late and thought I'd share this one from WDC&S #249 (June 1961). It's a fun story that is also noteworthy because the book mentioned on page 3, "Ten Seconds to Mars" by Spicer Willits, is a reference to Malcolm Willits and the brothers John and Bill Spicer who were the first three comic fans to ever contact Barks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sfcityduck Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Great story! The "Spicer Willits" part I mean. Not that the Barks isn't also a great story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) Today marks the birthday of the master of suspense, the man whose name was noir, the incredible author of so many great novels and short stories, Cornell Woolrich (1903-1968). His work has been source material for a vast number of films, but it is the words themselves that best instill the magical mood of doom-driven despair that is his trademark. Edited December 4, 2011 by pcalhoun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 Marihuana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*paull* Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Marihuana or The Scourge of Mary Hane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Marihuana Look at the size of that joint compared to her torso! (Great cover and book....I watched one of those in auction and it went for big bucks.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Yeah, Con had ‘Reefer Madness’ in mind when he wrote that as it hardly reflects the true effects of cannabis. There’s a similar scene in ‘Phantom Lady’ where a young woman conducting an amateur murder investigation gets friendly with the drummer in a jazz band who works at the club where she’s hunting clues… He takes her to his room, gets high, and goes crazy. Not how it works, but fascinating fiction that can be forgiven for casually buying into the propaganda of the era. Here’s his other ‘Dell Dimer’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) I don't have any original Woolrich, but this trade paperback (quite rare on it's own, I'm sure) has a disturbing cover and title. Very European. Edited December 4, 2011 by comixnoir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) Nice- the early stuff is good. he hit the ground running with his first suspense yarn in 1934, 'Death Sits in the Dentist's Chair'... Edited December 4, 2011 by pcalhoun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 The French printing of Marihuana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 The French printing of Marihuana. Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 for the French Woolrich is not just a great fiction writer, but an important contributor to existentialist philosophy. and that's a sweet cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BangZoom Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 Yeah, Con had ‘Reefer Madness’ in mind when he wrote that as it hardly reflects the true effects of cannabis. There’s a similar scene in ‘Phantom Lady’ where a young woman conducting an amateur murder investigation gets friendly with the drummer in a jazz band who works at the club where she’s hunting clues… He takes her to his room, gets high, and goes crazy. Not how it works, but fascinating fiction that can be forgiven for casually buying into the propaganda of the era. I've always enjoyed watching old exploitation films. I got a bunch of them in this collection I purchased from Borders shortly before they went out of business. I've seen most of them already but there are several that are new to me: Omoo-Omoo, Ten Nights in a Barroom, Joyless Street... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 Detective Fiction Weekly (June 4, 1938) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
